“La visite” by Jean Paul Lemieux garnered $719,800. It had been expected to sell for $250,000 – $350,000.

Jean Paul Riopelle’s large-scale canvas, “La foret enchantee,” drew a final bid of $590,000. It had a pre-sale estimate of $150,000 – $250,000.

Meanwhile B.C. Binning’s “Painted Structure in Space,” which was found at a garage sale and was expected to achieve $10,000-$15,000, sold for $26,550.

Tom Thomson’s “Woods in Winter,” which was expected to fetch $250,000-$350,000, failed to sell because it did not meet its reserve price.

The auction house says it made $9.43 million on the sales of 145 Canadian works, at the upper end of the pre-sale estimate of $7 million to $10 million. Sales figures include an 18 per cent buyer’s premium.